How to Add External Storage Volume

  1. create a blob container in a storage account (wusmprodstoragemain)
    1. create as private
    2. inherits permissions
    3. inherits network settings
    4. create a folder
  2. click on schema
    1. create volume
    2. choose external volume
    3. create external location
      1. copy abfss url for new folder
      2. give the location a name
      3. ADLS storage
      4. paste in the url
      5. select the storage credential, select the managed identity
      6. click create
      7. copy name
  3. select schema
    1. create new volume
    2. select external location
    3. click create
  4. Test read and write
    1. should inherit permissions of the schema
    2. change owner to appropriate user or ADB SP

Question

  • should we use cli to do this in a repeatable way
  • maybe create some notebooks or scripts to manage these types of things

How to Create a New Catalog

  1. Go to Catalog and click create catalog
  2. Select location

Updated on August 7, 2025